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14:12 Arrived on the NW shore of pond to find the water level down ~2' from what it normally is. Found M in incubating position within the nest, but the nest is pretty shallow so he appears to be sitting pretty high in the nest. F flew from W shore w/remnants of fish in talons, circled the nest, vocalized, landed briefly on the nest, then flew off to south end of the pond where she engaged a 3rd osprey & both slowly circled the east side of the pond drifting north. 14:25 F returned to the side of the nest & M joined her sitting on the side of the nest fro ~ 5 m inutes. M then flew & returned to the nest & landed atop F, copulated & flew to a snag east of the nest. 14:35 F lowered herself down into the nest, but still is quite visible with lots of body showing above the top of the nest. Birds are incubating.
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04/14
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11:25 My arrival at the observation point was accompanied by a vocal greeting from female Osprey perched on snag on the west shore of pond. 6 heron nests visible on pond, 3 occupied by herons. The original osprey nest looks as though some larger sticks have been added, but it's still not very deep. 13:14 F vocalized briefly & M flew in from N end of pond & apparently landed in the cove just E of original nest. F flew to that nest & started begging. 12:20 M flew to F's original perch & is feeding on fish. F begging intermittently. F has quite dark necklace. 12:38 M flew to nest w/fish which F grabbed & flew to another tree on the west shore to feed. M remained on the nest looking over a his neighbor (heron). M launched off the nest & made 3 dives at the heron, each dive accompanied by a loud squawk by the heron. M then flew to the same perch tree he & F had previously used. As I was walking out I heard several more heron squawks, so M must have been harassing his neighbor again.
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